Relationship between early-life stress and trait mindfulness in adulthood: a correlational study

de Moraes, Vinícius Santos; Fernandes, Mariana; Fernandes, Maria Neyrian de Fátima; Gimenez, Larissa Bessani Hidalgo; Camargo Júnior, Elton Brás; Gherardi-Donato, Edilaine Cristina da Silva

doi:10.1186/s40359-022-01029-7

BMC Psychology

Table 2 Multivariate linear regression coefficients of early stress types as predictors of mindfulness levels

From: Relationship between early-life stress and trait mindfulness in adulthood: a correlational study

Predictor	B	Std. Error	Beta	t	p	R²_adjusted	ΔR²
Facet 1
Constant	17.986	1.358	–	13.247	< 0.001	–	–
Age	0.038	0.020	− 0.061	− 1.872	0.062	0.004	0.005
Emotional Abuse	2.797	0.803	0.122	3.481	0.001	0.025	0.022
Emotional neglect	1.443	0.700	0.072	2.063	0.039	0.028	0.004
Facet 2
Constant	9.083	0.967	–	9.393	< 0.001	–	–
Age	− 0.109	0.013	− 0.260	− 8.432	< 0.001	0.069	0.069
Gender	0.548	0.273	0.062	2.007	0.045	0.072	0.006
Emotional neglect	1.946	0.454	0.144	4.290	< 0.001	0.107	0.040
Sexual Abuse	2.225	0.583	0.122	3.819	< 0.001	0.124	0.018
Emotional Abuse	1.224	0.527	0.079	2.322	0.020	0.128	0.005
Facet 3
Constant	29.218	1.653	–	17.674	< 0.001	–	–
Age	0.068	0.021	0.132	4.132	< 0.001	0.021	0.022
Meditation	− 2.817	0.544	− 0.166	− 5.179	< 0.001	0.047	0.026
Emotional neglect	− 2.385	0.669	− 0.114	− 3.565	< 0.001	0.058	0.013
Facet 4
Constant	19.032	1.317	–	14.446	< 0.001	–	–
Age	0.060	0.015	0.126	3.897	< 0.001	0.019	0.020
Emotional abuse	− 1.868	0.608	− 0.107	3.897	0.002	0.036	0.018
Meditation	− 1.045	0.398	− 0.085	− 2.625	0.009	0.042	0.007
Emotional neglect	− 1.204	0.529	− 0.079	− 2.277	0.023	0.046	0.005
Facet 5
Constant	4.980	0.356	–	14.009	< 0.001	–	–
Emotional abuse	1.245	0.316	0.129	3.944	< 0.001	0.015	0.017
Facet 6
Constant	25.564	1.429	–	17.883	< 0.001	–	–
Age	0.075	0.016	0.154	4.831	< 0.001	0.029	0.030
Gender	− 0.861	0.328	− 0.083	− 2.627	0.009	0.037	0.009
Emotional abuse	− 2.078	0.634	− 0.114	− 3.279	0.001	0.053	0.026
Meditation	− 1.599	0.407	− 0.125	− 3.929	< 0.001	0.068	0.015
Emotional neglect	− 1.345	0.545	− 0.085	− 2.470	0.014	0.075	0.008
Sexual abuse	− 1.627	0.700	− 0.077	− 2.325	0.020	0.079	0.005
Facet 7
Constant	6.523	0.663	–	9.839	< 0.001	–	–
Emotional abuse	1.482	0.348	0.140	4.254	< 0.001	0.067	0.027
Sexual abuse	1.186	0.407	0.095	2.915	0.004	0.075	0.008
FFMQ total
Constant	114.388	2.558	–	44.715	< 0.001	–	–
Meditation	− 4.341	1.391	− 0.102	− 3.120	0.002	0.009	0.010

FFMQ-BR, Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-Brazilian. FC, Facet; Facet 1, Non-judgement of the inner experience; Facet 2, Acting with awareness—autopilot; Facet 3, Observe; Facet 4, Describe—positive formulation; Facet 5, Describe—negative formulation; Facet 6, Non-reactivity to inner experience; Facet 7, Acting with awareness—distraction

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